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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Samyama
is the process of seeing your multi faceted self, from different angles – and
ultimately realizing all of them. In Samyama, we start with Dharana on a
particular Goal – and therefore, all wisdom pertaining to that Goal and it
extensions - comes to the Sadhaka in Samyama. We have seen that process
in earlier sutras upto 3.43 – and we are continuing with the same further here.

Vs.3.44

bahih akalpitaa vrittih
maha-videhaa

tatah prakasa aavarana
kshayah

Øbahih
= external

Øakalpitaa
= unimaginable

Øvrittih
= activities of mind

Ømaha-videha
= the great body-less existence

Øtatah
= by that

Øprakasa
= brightness; light

Øaavarana
= covering

Økshayah
= destroyed

Deha means
the physical body; Videha means one without (or not limited by) physical body.
Maha-videha is the boundless consciousness or existence beyond the boundaries
of physical bodies.

The light
inside is our real self. But this is covered by several layers like annamaya kosa,
pranamaya kosa, manomaya kosa, vijnana maya kosa and ananda maya kosa. The dehi
or the person, i.e., you and I, generally identify with the annamaya kosa or
the physical body.

We are also conscious of the pranamaya kosa and manomaya
kosa, to some extent. For most of us, when we talk of our self – the identification
is with annamayakosa and to some extent and manopayakosa, that is, physical
body and mind. As a person evolves further, some more identification may come
with pranamayakosa, vijnana maya kosa and ananda maya kosa.

This identification
is because – we always operate with our five senses for this purpose. All five
senses and the mind operating through them go by the sensory input. What is
beyond sensory perception remains beyond their capability to understand.
Consciousness within and without is beyond sense-perception.

When we
understand the sensory inputs and the five coverings are not our real self, we
start examining the bound-less consciousness everywhere. In this process, the
activities of the mind will begin to appear to us as mere objects or coverings
and we begin to dis-identify with the mind-field activities.

We now perform
samyama on the maha-videha, or the bound-less consciousness. By this Samyama,
the layers of ignorance covering the light of our inner consciousness are
removed and we discover our real-self.

The process
here is two-fold. The Sadhaka’s identification with the five coverings
mentioned above, which are the causes and manifestations of ignorance, must
end. Second, the Sadhaka must identify with the bound-less consciousness
pervading the universe, which is called here as maha-videha. With such
identification, the Sadhaka must perform Samyama on it. Then, the coverings on
the real self dissolve and it will now shine out brightly, beyond its coverings.
This means, knowledge of the self and identification with the self happens now.

Vs. 45

sthoola svaroopa sookshma
anvaya

arthavattva samyamaath
bhoota-jayah

Østhoola = gross

Øsvaroopa = own form

Øsookshma = subtle

Øanvaya = conjunction

Øarthavattva = purposefulness

Øsamyama = dharana + dhyana + samadhi

Øbhoota = the five elements

Øjayah = mastery over

The five great elements of nature are - akasa, vayu,
agni, water and earth. Each element is identified by (i) its Gross form (ii)
its subtle form (iii) its purpose and (iv) its essence (or its basic
character).

For each element, all these four characteristics need to
be first understood clearly. Then, it is also necessary to understand how all
these are interconnected to each other.

Performing Samyama on all these and their interconnectedness
for each element - gives the Sadhaka enormous power over the element itself.

This way, Sadhaka can perform samyama on all the five
great elements (Pancha Bhootas) and gain mastery over them.

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